77 Glad to hear

Fortunately, when the partisans came to the camp, the order in the camp was not bad.

If this had been replaced a week earlier, when the expeditionary force was running the concentration camps, it would have blown the guerrillas into their lungs.

Everyone knows what kind of moral big guys the expeditionary force is, and they deliberately put the Boers to death, so the concentration camps under the management of the expeditionary force are simply dirty, chaotic, and poor representatives.

After the police took over the concentration camp, Roque still habitually reformed the concentration camp, not only to reduce the occurrence of diseases, but also to find things to do for the refugees, as long as people are busy, they will not think cranky, and the refugees in the concentration camps are the same.

Roque's work was still fruitful, in just one week, the camp inside and outside the new look, although the tents were still dilapidated, the refugees' clothes were still ragged, but the sanitary conditions in the camp were greatly improved, there was no garbage and sewage everywhere, the refugees were also clean, after a week of conditioning, the refugees' faces were more or less bloody, no longer looked as pale as vampires, which had a good effect on stabilizing the mood of the guerrillas.

Camp No. 35 was full of Johannesburg natives who knew each other well, and a few partisans were crying because they had probably learned from the refugees that their family members had been killed.

Roque could understand their grief, but Roque did not dare to take it lightly, at this time, the slightest external stimulus, the guerrillas who were in grief would have an emotional breakdown, so Roque signaled Li De to remain vigilant and focus on the few guerrillas who were crying bitterly.

"Sir Roque, don't worry, let me take a look." Louis Botha didn't want to see another tragedy happen.

"Be careful with Louis—" Roque did not stop, Louis Botha was still relatively prestigious among the partisans, and Roque did not want to see tragedy happen.

With Roque's permission, Louis Botha walked among the partisans, hugged the weeping partisans, and whispered something in their ears to give the partisans the greatest comfort.

It did work, and the guerrillas gradually stabilized their mood and followed Louis Botha out of the camp gates.

"Good work, Louis—" Roque volunteered to meet him.

Louis Botha smiled at Roque and was about to speak.

One of the guerrillas next to Louis Botha suddenly drew his gun.

"Be careful!" Li De's eyes were split, and it was too late to step forward, so he could only voice a reminder.

Roque pulled out his gun at a faster pace -

Louis Botha was not slow either, and the forty-year-old was still very athletic, and almost at the same time as the partisan pulled out his gun, Louis Botha grabbed the partisan's wrist and twisted the board, and the gun was in Louis Botha's hand.

"Let me go and let me kill him, they killed my family." The guerrillas, crushed by Louis Botha, screamed.

Louis Botha was not polite, and directly knocked the partisans of time and space unconscious with a punch, and then raised the gun in his hand high: "Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive—"

"Put your guns down, don't shoot!" Roque is also trying his best to restrain the commandos.

In fact, the atmosphere is already tense.

Whether it is a guerrilla or a commando, in fact, the reaction speed is not slow, Louis Botha has just controlled the person, and the fast-reacting commandos and guerrillas have already drawn their guns in their hands, at this time, if anyone goes to fire or something, a fire is inevitable.

Several commandos came over and took over the runaway partisans from Louis Botha.

Louis Botha handed the pistol to the commandos and came to Roque's side and pleaded, "Sir Roque, if you can-"

"I understand, Louis-" Roque knew what Louis Botha wanted to say, but this matter must not be let go so lightly, just now the incident happened suddenly, Roque's heart is still beating very strongly, and for a moment, Roque almost went on a killing spree: "Leave it to us to deal with, after a while, wait until his mood is stable." ”

This kind of behavior can be regarded as an attack on the police and an attempted murder, in the past when Roque could not do this kind of thing, but now that the military control has ended, and the court has begun to resume its function, this runaway guerrilla will definitely be tried by the court.

"Sir, go back to the police station, I'll handle it here." Li De didn't let Roque stay at the scene, the scene just now was too dangerous.

With Roque's current status among the Chinese in Johannesburg, if Roque has three longs and two shorts, then the future that has just seen a little bright will immediately be bleak, and the Chinese in Johannesburg will also become rootless.

"Let's go, let's go, let's find a place to have a drink." Aiden, who had just come to his senses, also wanted to leave as soon as possible, thinking of the scene just now, Aiden was also shocked.

"Louis?" Roque asks for advice from Louis Botha.

"Okay, find a place to have a drink." Louis Botha was also afraid, Roque is now a baron in England, in case there are three long and two short, will it affect the "peace agreement" Not to mention, the angry police may kill all the partisans on the scene.

There were even refugees in concentration camps.

Ten minutes later, at the Russell Cafe next to the police station, Louis Botha was still a little unaccustomed to the environment here, and looked a little restrained.

"I'm sorry, I forgot the last time I was so neatly dressed for coffee." Louis Botha laughed at himself.

"You should also have coffee to drink, and the expeditionary force dispenses a lot of coffee." Aiden was not angry with Louis Botha, and the guerrillas attacked the regular army convoys everywhere in the Cape, and did not capture too many supplies part-time.

"You mean the kind that comes out of a teacup? No, no, no, you don't know what it tastes like, it's not coffee at all. "Louis Botha was a member of the Transvaal before the war, and the standard of living must have been very high, and the environment on the battlefield was certainly not as comfortable as a café.

"What are you going to do when the war is over?" Roque has mixed feelings about Louis Botha.

All along, given the stupidity of the Boers when they came to power, Roque had made the Boers a potential enemy.

Whether in Cape Town or Johannesburg, much of Roque's preparations were aimed at the post-war Boers.

After several encounters with Louis Botha, Roque suddenly realized that the Boers were not incapable of communication, and that Boers like Louis Botha were smart enough to bend and flex, and that they were flexible in solving problems, so that the relationship between the Chinese and the Boers was not necessarily purely hostile, and that the Chinese and the Boers could work together against the British, at least in recent years.

In recent years, the Transvaal has been ruled by the British, so Roque should adjust his countermeasures appropriately and co-opt the Boers against the British.

After a few years, if the British continue to be in power, then Roque will continue to win over the Boers against the British, and if the Boers come to power, Roque should also unite with the British against the Boers, until the Chinese have enough self-protection ability, Roque will not consider throwing the Boers and the British apart.

"What else can I do, in peacetime, the soldiers should be disarmed and returned to the fields, and when the Transvaal side is dealt with, I think, I will go to Orange, or buy a farm in German South-West Africa, and have a few more children, and then raise the children to adulthood-" Louis Botha had a yearning in his eyes, and Roque believed that what Louis Botha said was true.

It is hard to imagine that the 40-year-old Louis Botha did not have children, but it is not incomprehensible that Governor Ade also had no children, and when he died, he did not even inherit the title.

At that time, Ade was already a viscount.

Think about it, it should be soon, after the "peace agreement" is signed, the British government will have a wave of rewards, and this time Roque is also on the list, but I don't know if London will also seal Roque's fief in the Transvaal.

Roque hoped that London would seal Roque's fief in the Transvaal, even if it was a wilderness like Henry, in case it would be miserable in England itself, considering the situation in Britain itself, even if Roque was made a baron, the fief would not be too large, and there would not be much output.

It's different in the Transvaal, in the eyes of London, the land in the Transvaal is worthless, Henry's fief covers an area of more than 1,500 square kilometers, Roque is not so big, there are 1,000 square kilometers, and the closer to Johannesburg the better.

Johannesburg is surrounded by gold mines, and there are still many gold mines that have not been discovered, a thousand square kilometers, even if you are lucky, you can hit one or two.

"Haven't you thought about making a comeback?" Roque still inquired about Louis Botha's meaning.

"Hehehe-" Louis Botha smiled and didn't speak, the question was a deep exchange for Roque and Louis Botha now.

Roque is not in a hurry, don't listen to Louis Botha now, this is a very responsible person, when Paul Kruegel goes against the grain, Louis Botha will fight with reason, when the expeditionary force invades the Transvaal, Louis Botha will also resolutely resist, if the Boers need someone to defend their interests in the future, Louis Botha will also not hesitate to stand up.

Relatively speaking, Aiden didn't know Louis Botha well enough, so after Louis Botha finished speaking, Aiden was disdainful.

Of course at an angle that Louis Botha could not see.

For the next few days, Louis Botha remained in Johannesburg to assist the police in maintaining order in the camp.

Most of the partisans who were reunited with their families chose to leave Orange, and the city of Johannesburg compensated an additional £10 for every Boer who left Johannesburg, and when they arrived in Orange, they were given a farm promised by the Orange government.

There are also those who choose to go to German South-West Africa, and they don't care about compensation and farms.

Roque can understand the decision of these people, Roque is not the only one who made a fortune in the war, many guerrillas also have small savings, such as Cliff, who was arrested in Johannesburg a while ago, and the gold ornaments he carried with him were worth more than 500 pounds, if Cliff did not come to Johannesburg, but took the money to German Southwest Africa, then Cliff could easily buy a farm with an area of more than 2,000 acres in German Southwest Africa.

Comparatively speaking, farms in German South-West Africa are much cheaper than farms in Johannesburg.

Roque didn't care where the Boers went, as long as they didn't stay in Johannesburg.

As time went on, more and more Boers left Johannesburg, but there were still thousands of Boers who remained in Johannesburg and refused to leave, some of them still waiting for their families, and some of them had to choose to stay in Johannesburg because of some degree of contact with the British during the war.

"Throughout the war, at least thousands of Boers had an affair with the soldiers of the expeditionary force, and now that the expeditionary force has withdrawn from the Transvaal, these women and those who are left behind in Johannesburg, which is estimated to be in the thousands, we cannot force them to leave Johannesburg, the Boers will not accept them, and because of the fathers of those children, I think it is necessary for us to give them some help to settle in Johannesburg." The Director of the Interior, Blake Nelson, proposed at the mayors' meeting that this part of the Boers should be left behind.

"Those widows have nothing to do with the expeditionary force, we shouldn't keep them, the peace agreement says they should go to Orange." Marcus Beaufort is still tough.

On this issue, no one else, including Roque, has expressed any opinion.

Philip looked directly at Roque, and this time Roque couldn't pretend to be stupid.

"It's not impossible to keep them in Johannesburg, they are leaving the camp now, and many people are afraid that it will not end well, and yesterday in the refugee camp, a guerrilla found out that his wife was pregnant, and actually shot his wife to death—" Roque's words elicited a low-voiced laughter, and the meeting was attended by British, who were disgusted with the Boers, and this kind of thing must have been a joy to hear.

Undisturbed, Roque continued unhurriedly: "Now there are more than 3,000 pregnant Boer women in the refugee camp, all of them have been separated from their husbands for more than a year, and some of their husbands have been killed in battle, this part will not be discussed, mainly those Boer women whose husbands are still alive, some time ago when the refugee camp was opened, some people asked the police for help, hoping to get the protection of the police, and now it seems that this problem is urgent." ”

What Roque said was the truth, this situation, which is normal in any occupied area, is also a tragedy caused by the war, and it is caused by the expeditionary force.

Now that the expeditionary force has been withdrawn, the officials in Johannesburg will have to wipe their butts for them, and if they don't wipe it, the expeditionary force will not be responsible if it causes violence.

(Sorry, some plots can't be written in too much detail, please forgive me, brothers-)